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Lessons from three years in bonsai
Progress comes in many forms. Some of them are tricky to see.
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Max Falkowitz
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December 2023

Assurance of new growth
The longer I do bonsai, the more I feel I can trust my trees to make it to the future.
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Max Falkowitz
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Bury your nebari
Roots need time to grow beneath the soil, and even more before they're ready for public view.
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The “indestructible” plant I can’t keep alive
A winter umbrella tree project. Let’s see if this one survives!
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Max Falkowitz
Mulchpilled and leafmaxxing
In a world where everything has a price tag, mulch should be free.
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Max Falkowitz
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November 2023

Illusions of color
A fall foliage report, with reflections on refractions.
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Max Falkowitz
Inosculation
If the monster in The Thing freaks you out, I have good and bad news about trees.
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Max Falkowitz
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October 2023

Methods of concealment and exposure
How bonsai respond to injury, and what bonsai artists do about it.
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Max Falkowitz
Itty bitty bonsai committee
The joys of teeny tiny trees, called mame.
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Max Falkowitz
Communing with the Alley Pond Giant
The oldest and tallest tree in New York lives right off the Horace Harding Expressway.
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Max Falkowitz
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September 2023

Principles of resurrection
Making a raft bonsai from a fallen tree.
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Max Falkowitz
Becoming sleep
I don’t like to lie to my trees, but it’s for their own good.
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